AN
ACT directing the department of health and human services and the north
carolina medical board to develop rules governing requests for and release of pathological
materials, as recommended by the legislative research commission on
pathological materials.

The General Assembly of North
Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. The
Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services
(Department), shall adopt rules governing the procedures regarding the request
for and release of pathological materials made to clinical laboratories within
the jurisdiction of the Department. These rules shall be consistent with the
North Carolina Hospital Association Best Practices Principles and the College
of American Pathologists 2003 Professional Relations Manual and shall be
developed in consultation with the North Carolina Medical Board to ensure
consistency in procedures governing pathological materials.

SECTION 2. The
North Carolina Medical Board (Board) shall adopt rules governing the procedures
regarding the request for and release of pathological materials made to
clinical laboratories within the jurisdiction of the Board. These rules shall
be consistent with the North Carolina Hospital Association Best Practices
Principles and the College of American Pathologists 2003 Professional Relations
Manual and shall be developed in consultation with the Division of Health
Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services, to ensure
consistency in procedures governing pathological materials.

SECTION 3. This
act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three
times and ratified this the 30th day of April, 2013.